ANNE KJAERSGAARD (1933-1990) - Lot 123

ANNE KJAERSGAARD (1933-1990) Pitcher with one detached handle. Glazed stoneware. Monogrammed under the base. Height: 9cm Provenance: Galerie Early Vintage, Marseille. ANNE KJAERSGAARD (1933-1990) After training in her native Denmark, then in England at Bernard Leach's studio, Anne Kjaersgaard moved to France in the late 1950s. She moved to La Borne, where she married Jean Linard, and quickly established herself as a major player in the local ceramics movement. What distinguishes her work, and quickly exerted a strong influence in the Borne milieu, is the subtle balance between the utilitarian function of her pieces and their strong artistic expression - carried by vibrant glazes, an assertive pictorial gesture and the characteristic glazed aspect of her stoneware.